Method and device for transmitting and receiving data using non-orthogonal multiple access in wireless communication system

ABSTRACT

The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data using non-orthogonal multiple access in a wireless communication system, which is performed by a base station, the method comprising: configuring a first modulation scheme and first transmission power for a first signal to be transmitted to a first terminal; configuring a second modulation scheme and second transmission power for a second signal to be transmitted to a second terminal; transmitting the first signal and the second signal through the same time-frequency resource; and transmitting, to the second terminal, control information related to the cancellation of interference caused by the first signal.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the National Phase of PCT International ApplicationNo. PCT/KR2016/002849, filed on Mar. 22, 2016, which claims priorityunder 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/137,210,filed on Mar. 23, 2015, all of which are hereby expressly incorporatedby reference into the present application.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and,more particularly, to a method for transmitting/receiving data usingnon-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and an apparatus for supportingthe same.

BACKGROUND ART

Mobile communication systems have been developed to provide voiceservices, while guaranteeing user activity. Service coverage of mobilecommunication systems, however, has extended even to data services inaddition to voice services. Accordingly, an explosive increase in thetraffic has recently resulted in the shortage of resources and userneeds for high speed services, requiring advanced mobile communicationsystems.

The requirements of a next-generation mobile communication system mayinclude supporting huge data traffic, a remarkable increase in thetransfer rate of each user, the accommodation of a significantlyincreased number of connection devices, very low end-to-end latency, andhigh energy efficiency. To this end, various techniques, such as smallcell enhancement, dual connectivity, massive multiple input multipleoutput (MIMO), in-band full duplex, non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA), supporting super-wide band, and device networking, have beenresearched.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

An object of this specification is to provide a method fortransmitting/receiving data using a hierarchical modulation (HM) methodin a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system.

Specifically, an object of this specification is to improve decodingperformance in an edge UE by applying randomization to a desired signalof the edge UE acting as interference with a center UE if thetransmission power of a transmission signal to the center UE and thetransmission power of a transmission signal to the edge UE are the sameor similar.

Technical objects to be achieved by the present invention are notlimited to the aforementioned objects, and those skilled in the art towhich the present invention pertains may evidently understand othertechnological objects from the following description.

Technical Solution

In this specification, a method for transmitting/receiving data usingnon-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in a wireless communication systemis performed by an eNB and includes the steps of configuring a firstmodulation method and first transmission power in a first signal to betransmitted to a first UE; configuring a second modulation method andsecond transmission power in a second signal to be transmitted to asecond UE; transmitting the first signal and the second signal throughan identical time-frequency resource; and transmitting controlinformation related to a cancellation of interference generated due tothe first signal to the second UE. The control information includes atleast one of phase information related to a change in the phase of amodulation symbol of the second signal modulated by the secondmodulation method, power information related to a change in the powersize of the modulation symbol of the second signal modulated by thesecond modulation method, and sequence information related to a randomsequence for scrambling the modulation symbol of the second signalmodulated by the second modulation method.

Furthermore, in this specification, the control information istransmitted if the first transmission power and the second transmissionpower are identical or a difference between the first transmission powerand the second transmission power is within a range of a specific value.

Furthermore, in this specification, a unit of the same time-frequencyresource is a resource element (RE), a resource block (RB), a resourceblock group (RBG) or a subband.

Furthermore, this specification further includes the step of changing atleast one of the phase and power size of the modulation symbol of thesecond signal modulated by the second modulation method.

Furthermore, in this specification, the step of changing the phase ofthe modulation symbol of the second signal modulated by the secondmodulation method includes the steps of setting a phase valuecorresponding to the second modulation method as a fixed value in aresource in which data symbol mapping starts; and increasing the setphase value by a specific phase value every resource from a resourcesubsequent to the resource in which the data symbol mapping starts.

Furthermore, in this specification, the specific phase value is a fixedvalue or changed value.

Furthermore, in this specification, when the specific phase value is achanged value, the specific phase value is set based on at least one ofthe ID of the second UE or a subframe number in which the second signalis received.

Furthermore, in this specification, the specific value is

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Furthermore, in this specification, the step of changing the size of thepower of the modulation symbol of the second signal modulated by thesecond modulation method includes the steps of setting the value of apower size corresponding to the second transmission power as a fixedvalue in a resource in which data symbol mapping starts; and changingthe size of transmission power every resource based on transmissionpower in a previous resource or a specific function from a resourcesubsequent to the resource in which the data symbol mapping starts.

Furthermore, in this specification, the control information istransmitted through high layer signaling or a physical downlink channel.

Furthermore, in this specification, the phase information includes aninitial phase value and a changed phase value, and the power informationincludes an initial power size value and a change power size value.

Furthermore, in this specification, an eNB for transmitting/receivingdata using non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in a wirelesscommunication system includes a radio frequency (RF) unit fortransmitting/receiving a radio signal; and a processor functionallyconnected to the RF unit. The processor performs control so that a firstmodulation method and first transmission power are configured in a firstsignal to be transmitted to a first UE, a second modulation method andsecond transmission power are configured in a second signal to betransmitted to a second UE, the first signal and the second signal aretransmitted through an identical time-frequency resource, and controlinformation related to a cancellation of interference generated due tothe first signal is transmitted to the second UE. The controlinformation includes at least one of phase information related to achange in the phase of a modulation symbol of the second signalmodulated by the second modulation method, power information related toa change in the power size of the modulation symbol of the second signalmodulated by the second modulation method, and sequence informationrelated to a random sequence for scrambling the modulation symbol of thesecond signal modulated by the second modulation method.

Advantageous Effects

This specification has an effect in that it can improve decodingperformance of a center UE by considering the signal of an edge UEacting as interference with the center UE to be Gaussian noise anddecoding the signal of the edge UE if the transmission power size of atransmission signal to the center UE and the transmission power size ofa transmission signal to the edge UE are the same or almost similar.

Effects which may be obtained by the present invention are not limitedto the aforementioned effects, and various other effects may beevidently understood by those skilled in the art to which the presentinvention pertains from the following description.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings included as part of the detailed descriptionin order to help understanding of the present invention provideembodiments of the present invention and describe the technicalcharacteristics of the present invention along with the detaileddescription.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of the network configuration of an evolveduniversal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) to which anembodiment of the present invention may be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for illustrating physical channels used in a 3GPPLTE/LTE-A system to which the present invention may be applied and acommon signal transmission method using the same.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of a radio frame in a wireless communicationsystem to which the present invention may be applied.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a resource grid for one downlink slotin a wireless communication system to which the present invention may beapplied.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of a downlink subframe in a wirelesscommunication system to which the present invention may be applied.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of an uplink subframe in a wirelesscommunication system to which the present invention may be applied.

FIG. 7 shows a conceptual diagram of an interference cancellation methodused in a NOMA system to which a method proposed by this specificationmay be applied.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a method ofcontrolling downlink power.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of hierarchicalmodulation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a phase difference proposed by this specification.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a difference in the power size proposed by this specification.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a phase difference and power (size) difference proposed by thisspecification.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a method fortransmitting/receiving data using a non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) method proposed by this specification.

FIG. 14 illustrates a block configuration diagram of a wirelesscommunication device to which the methods proposed by this specificationmay be applied.

MODE FOR INVENTION

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention are described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The detaileddescription to be disclosed herein along with the accompanying drawingsis provided to describe exemplary embodiments of the present inventionand is not intended to describe a sole embodiment in which the presentinvention may be implemented. The following detailed descriptionincludes detailed contents in order to provide complete understanding ofthe present invention. However, those skilled in the art will appreciatethat the present invention may be implemented even without such detailedcontents.

In some instances, known structures and devices are omitted, or areshown in block diagram form focusing on important features of thestructures and devices, so as not to obscure the concept of the presentinvention.

In this specification, an enhanced Node B (eNode B or eNB) may be aterminal node of a network, which directly communicates with theterminal. In this document, a specific operation described as performedby the eNB may be performed by an upper node of the eNB. Namely, it isapparent that, in a network comprised of a plurality of network nodesincluding an eNB, various operations performed for communication with aterminal may be performed by the eNB, or network nodes other than theeNB. The term ‘eNB’ may be replaced with the term ‘fixed station’, ‘basestation (BS)’, ‘Node B’, ‘base transceiver system (BTS),’, ‘access point(AP)’, etc. The term ‘user equipment (UE)’ may be replaced with the term‘terminal’, ‘mobile station (MS)’, ‘user terminal (UT)’, ‘mobilesubscriber station (MSS)’, ‘subscriber station (SS)’, ‘Advanced MobileStation (AMS)’, ‘Wireless terminal (WT)’, ‘Machine-Type Communication(MTC) device’, ‘Machine-to-Machine (M2M) device’, ‘Device-to-Device(D2D) device’, wireless device, etc.

Hereinafter, “downlink (DL)” refers to communication from an eNB to aUE, and “uplink (UL)” refers to communication from a UE to an eNB. Indownlink, a transmitter may be part of eNB, and a receiver may be partof UE. In uplink, a transmitter may be part of a UE, and a receiver maybe part of an eNB.

Specific terms used for the embodiments of the present invention areprovided to aid in understanding of the present invention. Thesespecific terms may be replaced with other terms within the scope andspirit of the present invention.

Techniques described herein can be used in various wireless accesssystems such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency DivisionMultiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), OrthogonalFrequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier-FrequencyDivision Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), ‘non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)’, etc. CDMA may be implemented as a radio technology such asUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. TDMA may beimplemented as a radio technology such as Global System for Mobilecommunications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)/Enhanced DataRates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). OFDMA may be implemented as a radiotechnology such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE802.20, Evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA) etc. UTRA is a part of Universal MobileTelecommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP LTE is a part of Evolved UMTS(E-UMTS) using E-UTRA. 3GPP LTE employs OFDMA for downlink and SC-FDMAfor uplink. LTE-A is an evolution of 3GPP LTE.

The embodiments of the present invention may be supported by thestandard documents disclosed in at least one of IEEE 802, 3GPP and3GPP2, that is, wireless access systems. That is, steps or portions notdescribed to clearly disclose the technological spirit of the presentinvention in the embodiments of the present invention may be supportedby the documents. Furthermore, all the terms disclosed in this documentmay be described by the standard documents.

For clarity, this application focuses on the 3GPP LTE/LTE-A system.However, the technical features of the present invention are not limitedthereto.

General System

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic structure a network structure of anevolved universal mobile telecommunication system (E-UMTS) to which thepresent invention can be applied.

An E-UMTS system is an evolved version of the UMTS system and may be anLTE/LTE-A system. The E-UTRAN consists of eNBs, providing the E-UTRAuser plane and control plane protocol terminations towards the UE. TheeNBs are interconnected with each other by means of the X2 interface.The X2 user plane interface (X2-U) is defined between eNBs. The X2-Uinterface provides non guaranteed delivery of user plane packet dataunits (PDUs). The X2 control plane interface (X2-CP) is defined betweentwo neighbour eNBs. The X2-CP performs following functions: contexttransfer between eNBs, control of user plane tunnels between source eNBand target eNB, transfer of handover related messages, uplink loadmanagement and the like. Each eNB is connected to User Equipments (UEs)through a radio interface and is connected to an Evolved Packet Core(EPC) through an S1 interface. The S1 user plane interface (S1-U) isdefined between the eNB and the serving gateway (S-GW). The S1-Uinterface provides non guaranteed delivery of user plane PDUs betweenthe eNB and the S-GW. The S1 control plane interface (S1-MME) is definedbetween the eNB and the MME (Mobility Management Entity). The S1interface performs following functions: EPS (Enhanced Packet System)Bearer Service Management function, NAS (Non-Access Stratum) SignalingTransport function, Network Sharing Function, MME Load balancingFunction and the like. The S1 interface supports a many-to-many relationbetween MMEs/S-GWs and eNBs.

FIG. 2 illustrates physical channels used for the 3GPP LTE/LTE-A systemto which the present invention can be applied and a general signaltransmission method using the physical channels.

A UE, which may have been powered on again from the power-off state ormay have newly entered a cell, carries out the initial cell search tasksuch as synchronizing itself with an eNB in the S201 step. To thispurpose, the UE synchronizes with the eNB by receiving a primarysynchronization channel (P-SCH) and a secondary synchronization channel(S-SCH) from the eNB and obtains information such as a cell ID(identifier).

Afterwards, the UE receives a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signalfrom the eNB and obtains broadcast signal within the eNB. Meanwhile, theUE receives a downlink reference signal (DL RS) in the initial cellsearch step to check the downlink channel status.

The UE which has finished the initial cell search receives a PDSCHaccording to the PDCCH and PDCCH information in the S202 step to obtainmore specific system information.

Next, the UE may carry out a random access procedure such as the stepsof S203 to S206 to complete a connection process to the eNB. To thispurpose, the UE transmits a preamble S203 through a physical randomaccess channel (PRACH) and receives a response message in response tothe preamble through a PDSCH corresponding to the PRACH S204. In thecase of contention-based random access, the UE may carry out acontention resolution procedure including transmission of an additionalPRACH signal S205 and reception of a PDCCH signal and the PDSCH signalcorresponding to the PDCCH signal S206.

Afterwards, the UE which has carried out the procedure above may carryout reception S207 of the PDCCH signal and/or PDSCH signal andtransmission S208 of a PUSCH signal and/or a PUCCH signal as aconventional uplink/downlink signal transmission procedure.

The control information that the UE transmits to the eNB is calledcollectively uplink control information (UCI). The UCI includesHARQ-ACK/NACK, a scheduling request (SR), a channel quality indicator(CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and rank indication (RI)information.

In the LTE/LTE-A system, the UCI is transmitted periodically through thePUCCH; the UCI can be transmitted through the PUSCH if controlinformation and traffic data have to be transmitted at the same time.Also, the UCI can be transmitted non-periodically through the PUSCHaccording to a request or a command from the network.

FIG. 3 illustrates a structure a radio frame in a wireless communicationsystem to which the present invention can be applied.

In 3GPP LTE/LTE-A, radio frame structure type 1 may be applied tofrequency division duplex (FDD) and radio frame structure type 2 may beapplied to time division duplex (TDD) are supported.

FIG. 3(a) exemplifies radio frame structure type 1. The radio frame isconstituted by 10 subframes. One subframe is constituted by 2 slots in atime domain. A time required to transmit one subframe is referred to asa transmissions time interval (TTI). For example, the length of onesubframe may be 1 ms and the length of one slot may be 0.5 ms.

One slot includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the time domain and includes multipleresource blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain. In 3GPP LTE, since OFDMA isused in downlink, the OFDM symbol is used to express one symbol period.The OFDM symbol may be one SC-FDMA symbol or symbol period. The resourceblock is a resource allocation wise and includes a plurality ofconsecutive subcarriers in one slot.

FIG. 3(b) illustrates frame structure type 2. Radio frame type 2 isconstituted by 2 half frames, each half frame is constituted by 5subframes, a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP), andan uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS), and one subframe among them isconstituted by 2 slots. The DwPTS is used for initial cell discovery,synchronization, or channel estimation in a terminal. The UpPTS is usedfor channel estimation in a base station and to match uplinktransmission synchronization of the terminal. The guard period is aperiod for removing interference which occurs in uplink due tomulti-path delay of a downlink signal between the uplink and thedownlink.

The structure of the radio frame is just one example and the numbersubcarriers included in the radio frame or the number of slots includedin the subframe and the number of OFDM symbols included in the slot maybe variously changed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a resource grid for one downlink slotin the wireless communication system to which the present invention canbe applied.

Referring to FIG. 4, one downlink slot includes the plurality of OFDMsymbols in the time domain. Herein, it is exemplarily described that onedownlink slot includes 7 OFDM symbols and one resource block includes 12subcarriers in the frequency domain, but the present invention is notlimited thereto.

Each element on the resource grid is referred to as a resource elementand one resource block includes 12×7 resource elements. The number ofresource blocks included in the downlink slot, NDL is subordinated to adownlink transmission bandwidth.

A structure of the uplink slot may be the same as that of the downlinkslot.

FIG. 5 illustrates a structure of a downlink subframe in the wirelesscommunication system to which the present invention can be applied.

Referring to FIG. 5, a maximum of three before OFDM symbols in the firstslot of the sub frame is a control region to which control channels areallocated and residual OFDM symbols is a data region to which a physicaldownlink shared channel (PDSCH) is allocated. Examples of the downlinkcontrol channel used in the 3GPP LTE include a Physical Control FormatIndicator Channel (PCFICH), a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH),a Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH), and the like.

The PFCICH is transmitted in the first OFDM symbol of the subframe andtransports information on the number (that is, the size of the controlregion) of OFDM symbols used for transmitting the control channels inthe subframe. The PHICH which is a response channel to the uplinktransports an Acknowledgement (ACK)/Not-Acknowledgement (NACK) signalfor a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). Control informationtransmitted through a PDCCH is referred to as downlink controlinformation (DCI). The downlink control information includes uplinkresource allocation information, downlink resource allocationinformation, or an uplink transmission (Tx) power control command for apredetermined terminal group.

The PDCCH may transport A resource allocation and transmission format(also referred to as a downlink grant) of a downlink shared channel(DL-SCH), resource allocation information (also referred to as an uplinkgrant) of an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH), paging information in apaging channel (PCH), system information in the DL-SCH, resourceallocation for an upper-layer control message such as a random accessresponse transmitted in the PDSCH, an aggregate of transmission powercontrol commands for individual terminals in the predetermined terminalgroup, a voice over IP (VoIP). A plurality of PDCCHs may be transmittedin the control region and the terminal may monitor the plurality ofPDCCHs. The PDCCH is constituted by one or an aggregate of a pluralityof continuous control channel elements (CCEs). The CCE is a logicalallocation wise used to provide a coding rate depending on a state of aradio channel to the PDCCH. The CCEs correspond to a plurality ofresource element groups. A format of the PDCCH and a bit number ofusable PDCCH are determined according to an association between thenumber of CCEs and the coding rate provided by the CCEs.

The base station determines the PDCCH format according to the DCI to betransmitted and attaches the control information to a cyclic redundancycheck (CRC) to the control information. The CRC is masked with a uniqueidentifier (referred to as a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI))according to an owner or a purpose of the PDCCH. In the case of a PDCCHfor a specific terminal, the unique identifier of the terminal, forexample, a cell-RNTI (C-RNTI) may be masked with the CRC. Alternatively,in the case of a PDCCH for the paging message, a paging indicationidentifier, for example, the CRC may be masked with a paging-RNTI(P-RNTI). In the case of a PDCCH for the system information, in moredetail, a system information block (SIB), the CRC may be masked with asystem information identifier, that is, a system information (SI)-RNTI.The CRC may be masked with a random access (RA)-RNTI in order toindicate the random access response which is a response to transmissionof a random access preamble.

FIG. 6 illustrates a structure of an uplink subframe in the wirelesscommunication system to which the present invention can be applied.

Referring to FIG. 6, the uplink subframe may be divided into the controlregion and the data region in a frequency domain. A physical uplinkcontrol channel (PUCCH) transporting uplink control information isallocated to the control region. A physical uplink shared channel(PUSCH) transporting user data is allocated to the data region. Oneterminal does not simultaneously transmit the PUCCH and the PUSCH inorder to maintain a single carrier characteristic.

A resource block (RB) pair in the subframe are allocated to the PUCCHfor one terminal. RBs included in the RB pair occupy differentsubcarriers in two slots, respectively. The RB pair allocated to thePUCCH frequency-hops in a slot boundary.

General Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) basically refers to a multipleaccess scheme capable of obtaining excellent bandwidth efficiency byadditionally allocating the same frequency-time resources to a pluralityof UEs at a power ratio that has been previously considered and reducinginterference between users that has been previously considered throughan interference cancellation receiver compared to a method of allocatingresources in the frequency-time domain in an existing OFDMA system underthe premise of the interference cancellation receiver.

The NOMA is a new radio access technology and has been mentioned as animportant candidate technology of a 5G system in the future.

FIG. 7 shows a conceptual diagram of an interference cancellation methodused in a NOMA system to which a method proposed by this specificationmay be applied.

As shown in FIG. 7, an important configuration technology of the NOMAsystem may be basically divided into (1) a resource allocation method ofan eNB and (2) an interference cancellation method of a UE.

In this case, the interference cancellation method of a UE may includevarious forms, such as 1) a symbol-level interference cancellationreceiver, 2) a maximum likelihood (ML) receiver, 3) a symbol-levelinterference cancellation (IC) receiver, 4) a codeword levelinterference cancellation (CWIC) receiver, 5) an MMSE-based linear CWIC(L-CWIC) and 6) ML-CWIC.

The received gain of a UE is different in a given environment dependingon each interference cancellation scheme. In general, a gain if the MLscheme has been applied and in the CWIC type receiver is great inproportion to the implementation complexity of a UE.

Downlink Power Control

In a wireless communication system, such as 3GPP LTE(-A), in order toallocate power of downlink resources, an energy per resource element(EPRE), that is, an energy value for each resource element, is defined.

In this case, a value that is a criterion is the EPRE of a cell-specificreference signal (CRE). The CRS EPRE is determined as a high layersignal and has a fixed value within a downlink system bandwidth andsubframe.

In an LTE(-A) system, the EPRE of the resources of a physical datashared channel (PDSCH) through which actual data is transmitted may beexpressed as a specific ratio of the CRS EPRE.

For example, in an orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM)symbol not including a CRS, the ratio of a CRS EPRE to a PDSCH EPRE isdefined as ρ_(A). In an OFDM symbol including a CRS, the ratio of a CRSEPRE to a PDSCH EPRE is defined as ρ_(B).

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a method ofcontrolling downlink power.

In FIG. 8, a traverse axis indicates an OFDM symbol, a longitudinal axisindicates a subcarrier, and the height indicates s power.

In FIG. 8, ρ_(A) is determined by a power offset δ_(power-offset) andρ_(A), that is, a UE-specific variable, depending on whether a multipleinput multiple output (MIMO) scheme has been applied or not. ρ_(A)/ρ_(B)is determined by the number of antenna ports and a cell-specificvariable ρ_(B).

In the current LTE system (i.e., Rel-10), ρ_(A) is basically differentlydefined with respect to two types.

First, when PDSCH data is transmitted by applying a transmit diversityscheme using four cell-common antenna ports, ρ_(A) is determined byEquation 1 below.ρ_(A)=δ_(power-offset)+ρ_(A)+10 log₁₀ 2 [dB]  [Equation 1]

In Equation 1, δ_(power-offset) indicates a power offset value forsupporting an MU-MIMO operation and is set to 0 dB in other PDSCHtransmission cases.

Furthermore, P_(A) means a UE-specific variable as described above.

In other cases other than the aforementioned transmit diversity-basedPDSCH transmission, ρ_(A) is defined as in Equation 2 below.ρ_(A)=δ_(power-offset) +P _(A)[dB]  [Equation 2]

Hierarchical Modulation

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of hierarchicalmodulation.

Hierarchical modulation (HM) is described in brief below with referenceto FIG. 9.

The HM may be called or expressed as layered modulation.

The HM is one of technologies for multiplexing and modulating aplurality of data streams into a single symbol stream.

In this case, base-layer subsymbols and enhancement-layer subsymbols aresynchronized prior to transmission and thus superimposed.

If hierarchical modulation is applied, a user or user terminal havingbetter reception and an enhanced receiver can demodulate and decode oneor more data streams.

A user terminal having an existing receiver or poor reception candemodulate and decode only a data stream transmitted in a low layer(e.g., a base layer).

From an information-theory viewpoint, hierarchical modulation is handledas one practical implementation in superposition precoding and has beenproposed to achieve a maximum sum rate of a Gaussian broadcast channelhaving a successful interference cancellation in a reception stage (orreceiver).

From a network operation viewpoint, a network operator may continuouslytarget user terminals having different services or QoS when hierarchicalmodulation is applied.

However, the ratio of existing hierarchical modulation which may beachieved by low-layer data streams (e.g., base layer data streams) isreduced due inter-layer interference (ILI) from a high layer signal(s).

For example, with respect to two-layer symbols which include a 16QAMbase layer and a QPSK enhancement layer and which have beenhierarchically modulated, a base-layer throughput loss attributable tointer-layer interference may rises up to about 1.5 bits/symbol if theentire signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is about 23 dB.

This means that an achievable throughput loss of the base layer is about37.5% (1.5/4) in the 23 dB SNR.

In contrast, the demodulation error rate of any one of the base-layerand enhancement-layer symbols is also increased.

A method of randomizing an interference signal for non-orthogonalmultiple access (NOMA) proposed by this specification is described indetail below with reference to related drawings.

In an LTE(-A) environment, a NOMA downlink (DL) system may beimplemented by simultaneously transmitting a signal 1 corresponding to adesired signal transmitted from an eNB to an edge UE (e.g., UE0) and asignal 2 corresponding to a desired signal transmitted to a center UE(e.g., UE1) using a superposition coding scheme.

The superposition coding scheme may be hierarchical modulation (HM), forexample.

First, from a viewpoint of a UE, in the case of a common referencesignal (CRS)-based transmission scheme, the ratio of data power to CRSpower, that is, ρ_(A), ρ_(B), may be calculated using ρ_(A), ρ_(B), asdescribed in General NOMA.

The UE1 (center UE) that has received additional power information forNOMA from the eNB may calculate power of the signal 2 (the desiredsignal of the UE1) and power of the signal 1 (an interference signal,the desired signal of the UE0) based on the values ρ_(A) and ρ_(B).

Meanwhile, from a viewpoint of the eNB, assuming that transmission powerof the signal 1 is P₀, transmission power of the signal 2 is P₁, andtotal transmission power of the eNB is P_(T) (P_(T)=P₀+P₁), the ratio ofP_(T) to P₀ may be defined as a power ratio α. The power ratio α may bedefined as in Equation 3 below.

$\begin{matrix}{{\alpha = \frac{P_{0}}{P_{T}}}\;,( {0 \leq \alpha \leq 1} )} & \lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 3} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation 3, if a is 1, P₁=0 and P₀=P_(T).

Accordingly, the total transmission power may be construed as being usedin the desired signal of the UE0, that is, the signal 1.

Furthermore, if α is 0, P₁=P_(T) and P₀=0. Accordingly, the totaltransmission power may be construed as being used in the desired signalof the UE1, that is, the signal 2.

In general, P₀ may be set greater than P₁ because a channel statebetween the UE1 and the eNB may be said to be better than that betweenthe UE0 and the eNB. In this case, the value α may have a value, such as0.5≤α≤1.

Meanwhile, when the value α is set close to 0.5, the size of P₁ isalmost the same as that of P₀ (e.g., when α=0.5, P₁=0.5*PT,P₀=0.5*P_(T)), from a viewpoint of the UE0, the desired signal(signal 1) of the UE0 may experience great interference in a specificpower (size) and specific phase due to the desired signal (signal 2) ofthe UE1 (from a viewpoint of a modulation symbol).

Accordingly, as a result, it may be difficult for the UE0 to decode thesignal 1 because the signal 1 is considered to be Gaussian noise.

Accordingly, this specification provides a method of decoding thedesired signal of the UE0 by considering the signal 2 to be Gaussiannoise in such a manner that the power (size) and phase of the modulationsymbol of the desired signal (signal 2) of the UE1 acting asinterference is changed at a specific interval according to a specificrule known to the eNB and the UE1.

A method of changing the signal of a counterpart UE into Gaussian noise,proposed by this specification, may be basically divided into (1) amethod of changing a phase, (2) a method of changing power (size), (3) amethod of simultaneously changing a phase and power (size), and (4) ascrambling method using a random sequence, that is, four methods.

Method 1: Method of Changing Phase of Signal

The method 1 is a method of changing the phase of a modulation symbol ofthe desired signal (signal 1) of the UE1 according to a specific ruleknown to the eNB and the UE1.

A phase changed according to a specific rule is hereinafter called orexpressed as a ‘phase difference’ or ‘change phase’, for conveniencesake.

As an example for the method 1, in a resource element (RE) in which thedata symbol mapping of each resource block (RB) starts, the phasedifference value of the signal 2 may be set as a previously agreed valueA.

Thereafter, the phase difference of an RE next to the RE in which thedata symbol mapping starts may be increased and set by a fixed value,such as

$\frac{46}{180}{\pi.}$

Accordingly, the phase difference of an i-th RE in which data symbolmapping is performed in each RB may be generated and expressed as

$( {A + {i\mspace{11mu} x\frac{46}{180}\pi}} ).$

In this case, the fixed value

${\frac{46}{180}\pi},$that is, an example, is set based on

$\frac{\pi}{4}$which may be located between existing constellations because theconfiguration of an existing constellation (QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, etc.) isdisposed at intervals of

$\frac{\pi}{2},$and may be set as a value greater than

$\frac{\pi}{180}$greater than the value

$\frac{\pi}{4}.$Accordingly, the fixed value is set so that it has all of phase valueshaving resolution of

$\frac{\pi}{180}$for each RE.

As described above, a phase difference having resolution of a previouslyagreed value δ may be set based on a previously agreed value θ.

For another example, in an RE in which the data symbol mapping of eachresource block (RB) starts, a phase difference value starts at apreviously agreed value A. The phase difference of a next RE after thedata symbol was mapped may be set as a value which varies depending onthe results of a previously agreed function between the eNB and the UE1based on the ID of the UE1 and a current subframe number.

If a phase difference value is set as a value varying as describedabove, the UE1 can decode the signal 2 corresponding to the desiredsignal of the UE1 because the eNB and the UE1 assume that they areaccurately aware of the phase difference value.

Furthermore, the UE0 considers the interference of the UE1 to beGaussian noise compared to an existing method because the phase of thedesired signal of the UE1, that is, the signal 2 acting as interferencein a conventional technology, is shifted for each RE, thus being capableof expecting performance improvement for the decoding of the signal 1.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a phase difference proposed by this specification.

In FIG. 10, a dark portion 1010 shows a legacy constellation, and aportion 1020 indicated by a dotted line shows a randomizedconstellation.

Method 2: Method of Changing Power Size of Signal

The method 2 is a method of controlling the power (size) of a modulationsymbol of the desired signal of the UE1, that is, the signal 2,according to a specific rule known to the eNB and the UE1.

Power (size) changed according to a specific rule is hereinafter calledor expressed as a ‘power difference’ or ‘changed power’, for conveniencesake.

As an example for the method 2, in an RE in which the data symbolmapping of each resource block (RB) starts, a power difference value maybe set as A.

Thereafter, the power difference of an RE next to the RE in which thedata symbol mapping starts may be set as a fixed value, such as“a*P_(1,previous).”

In this case, “a” may indicate a previously agreed constant, andP_(1,previous) may indicate transmission power of a right-before RE.

For another example, in an RE in which the data symbol mapping of eachresource block (RB) starts, a power difference value may start from A.The power difference of an RE to which a next data symbol has beenmapped may be set as a varying value, such as “F(x, y, . . .,)*P_(1,previous).”

In this case, F(x, y, . . . ,) may indicate a previously agreedfunction, the input of the corresponding function may be the ID of theUE1 or a current subframe number, and P_(1,previous) may indicatetransmission power of a right-before RE.

If the power difference is set as described above, the UE1 has no greatdifficult in decoding its desired signal, that is, the signal 2, becausethe UE1 and the eNB assume that they are accurately aware of the powerdifference value.

Furthermore, the UE0 considers the interference of the UE1 to beGaussian noise compared to an existing method because the power (size)of the desired signal of the UE1 (signal 2) acting as interference in aconventional technology is controlled for each RE, thus being capable ofexpecting performance improvement for the decoding of the signal 1.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a difference in the power size proposed by this specification.

In FIG. 11, a dark portion 1110 shows a legacy constellation, and aportion 1120 indicated by a dotted line shows a randomizedconstellation.

Method 3: Method of Simultaneously Changing Phase and Power Size ofSignal

The method 3 is a method of applying the method 1 and the method 2together.

That is, the method 3 is a method of changing the phase and power (size)of a modulation symbol of the desired signal of the UE1 (signal 2)according to a specific rule known to the eNB and the UE1.

As an example for the method 3, in an RE in which the data symbolmapping of each resource block (RB) starts, a phase difference valuestarts at a previously agreed value A and a power difference valuestarts at a previously agreed value B. The phase difference of a next REafter the data symbol was mapped may be set as a fixed value, such as

${\frac{46}{180}\pi},$and the power difference thereof may be set as a fixed value, such asa*P_(1,previous) (“a” is a previously agreed constant and P_(1,previous)is transmission power of a right-before RE).

For another example, in an RE in which the data symbol mapping of eachresource block (RB) starts, a phase difference value starts at apreviously agreed value A and a power difference value starts at apreviously agreed value B. The phase difference of a next RE after thedata symbol was mapped may be set as a value varying depending on theresults of a previously agreed function and the power difference thereofmay be set as a value, such as F(A, B, . . . ,)*_(P1,previous), based onthe ID of the UE1 and a current subframe number.

As in the method 2, F(x, y, . . . ,) may indicate a previously agreedfunction, the input of the corresponding function may be the ID of theUE1 or a current subframe number, and P_(1,previous) may indicatetransmission power of a right-before RE.

For another example, one of the phase difference and the powerdifference may be set as a fixed value, and the other thereof may be setas a varying value.

That is, if the phase difference and the power difference are set asdescribed above, the UE1 has no great difficulty in decoding its desiredsignal, that is, the signal 2, because the eNB and the UE1 assume thatthey are accurately ware of the phase difference value and the powerdifference value.

The UE0 considers the interference of the UE1 to be Gaussian noisecompared to an existing method because the phase of the desired signalof the UE1 (signal 2) acting as interference in a conventionaltechnology is shifted for each RE and the power (size) of the desiredsignal of the UE1 (signal 2) is controlled, thus being capable ofexpecting performance improvement for the decoding of the signal 1.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a constellation randomizedusing a phase difference and power (size) difference proposed by thisspecification.

In FIG. 12, a dark portion 1210 shows a legacy constellation and aportion 1220 indicated by a dotted line shows a randomizedconstellation.

Method 4: Scrambling Method Using Random Sequence

The method 4 is a method of performing complex scrambling on the phaseof a modulation symbol of the desired signal of the UE1 (signal 2) basedon previously agreed n-PSK (n=2^(i), i=3, 4, . . . ) using a sequencegenerated using a random number generator known to the eNB and the UE1.

The sequence generated using the random number generator may be a pseudorandom number (PN) sequence, for example.

The reason why in the n value of n-PSK, n=2 and 4 is excluded is that ifcomplex scrambling is performed according to BPSK and QPSK, it may havethe meaning of randomization because the configuration of an existingconstellation (e.g., QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM) is disposed at interval of

$\frac{\pi}{2}.$

As an example for the method 4, complex scrambling may be performed onall of REs in which the data symbol mapping of each resource block (RB)has been performed using one constellation value of n-PSK constellationscorresponding to a corresponding sequence value based on a PN sequenceA(m) (m is the length of a sequence) known to the eNB and the UE1.

In this case, the length of the PN sequence may have an agreed size setso that randomization can be initialized.

If setting is performed as described above, the UE1 has no greatdifficulty in decoding its desired signal (signal 2) because the eNB andthe UE1 assume that they are accurately aware of the PN sequence and then-PSK constellation.

Furthermore, the UE0 considers the interference of the UE1 to beGaussian noise compared to an existing method because the desired signalof the UE1 (signal 2) acting as interference in a conventionaltechnology is subjected to complex scrambling for each RE, thus beingcapable of expecting performance improvement when decoding the signal 1.

As described in the method 1 to the method 4, the signal 2 may berandomized for each RE, but may be randomized for each greater resourceunit (e.g., an RB, a resource block group (RBG) or a subband).

Furthermore, the UE1 can expect that error propagation is reduced ifrandomization is set to be periodically initialized when a size (aninterval greater than a basic unit) agreed between the eNB and the UE1is exceeded although which resource unit is used.

Furthermore, the phase difference value and power difference value inthe method 1 to the method 4 may be set to be formed in a table form,such as a phase difference table and power difference table known to theeNB and the UE1.

In this case, a corresponding phase difference value and powerdifference value may be determined while changing an index for eachresource unit within each set table.

Furthermore, in order for the method 1 to the method 4 to operatesuccessfully, the UE1 may receive a variety of the aforementionedinformation (e.g., the initial phase value, initial power value, phasedifference, power difference, PN sequence, n-PSK constellation and tableindex) through a specific message or channel from the eNB.

The specific message or channel may be high layer signaling (e.g., RRCsignaling), a new field on a predetermined channel (e.g., a PDSCH), anda new combination of existing field values on a predetermined channel,for example.

If the method 1 to the method 4 are expressed as simple equations, theymay be defined as in Equations 4 and 5.

Assuming that a signal received by the UE0 is y₀, a channel between theeNB and the UE0 is H₀, the desired signal of the UE1 is x₁ (the signal2), the desired signal of the UE0 is x₀ (the signal 1), and the additivewhite Gaussian noise (AWGN) of the UE0 is n₀, y₀ may be defined as inEquation 4 below.y ₀ =H ₀ x ₀ +H ₀ x ₁ +n ₀  [Equation 4]

If an ideal channel estimation situation is assumed, if the UE0 takes H₀⁻¹ on Eon the basis of Equation 4 in order to decode x₀, it may beexpressed as in Equation 5 below.H ₀ ⁻¹ y ₀ =x ₀ +x ₁ +H ₀ ⁻¹ n ₀  [Equation 5]

In this case, if the method 1 to the method 4 are used, there is aneffect in that the second term x₁ on the right hand side of Equation 5is randomized.

As a result, the UE0 can expect performance improvement compared to anexisting method if it considers x₁ to be Gaussian noise like H₀ ⁻¹n₀ anddecodes x₀.

In addition, the aforementioned methods (method 1 to method 4) may beapplied to not only the UE1, but the UE0 and may be applied to the UE0and the UE1 at the same time using a different phase difference, a powerdifference, a PN sequence and so on.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a method fortransmitting/receiving data using a non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) method proposed by this specification.

First, in order to transmit/receive data using non-orthogonal multipleaccess (NOMA) in a wireless communication system, an eNB configures afirst modulation method and first transmission power in a first signalto be transmitted to a first UE (S1310).

In this case, the first UE may mean the UE0 corresponding to theaforementioned center UE, and the first signal may mean the desiredsignal of the UE0, that is, the first signal.

Furthermore, the first transmission power may mean transmission power ofthe first signal.

Furthermore, the eNB configures a second modulation method and secondtransmission power in a second signal to be transmitted to a second UE(S1320).

In this case, the second UE may mean the UE1 corresponding to theaforementioned edge UE, and the second signal may mean the desiredsignal of the UE1, that is, the second signal.

Furthermore, the second transmission power may mean transmission powerof the second signal.

Thereafter, the eNB maps the first signal and the second signal to thesame time-frequency resource and transmits them to the first UE and/orthe second UE (S1330).

In this case, the eNB transmits control information related to thecancellation of interference generated in the second UE due to the firstsignal.

The control information includes at least one of phase informationrelated to a change in the phase of a modulation symbol of the secondsignal modulated by the second modulation method, power informationrelated to a change in the power size of the modulation symbol of thesecond signal modulated by the second modulation method, and sequenceinformation related to a random sequence for scrambling the modulationsymbol of the second signal modulated by the second modulation method.

The phase information may include an initial phase value and a changedphase value, and the power information may include an initial power sizevalue and a change power size value.

Furthermore, the control information may be transmitted through highlayer signaling or a physical downlink channel.

Specifically, the physical downlink channel may be a PDSCH.

Furthermore, the control information may be transmitted only when thefirst transmission power and the second transmission power are the sameor a difference between the first transmission power and the secondtransmission power falls within a range of a specific value.

The unit of the same time-frequency resource may be a resource element(RE), a resource block (RB), a resource block group (RBG) or a subband.

Furthermore, if control information is transmitted, the eNB may changeat least one of the phase or power size of a modulation symbol of thesecond signal modulated by the second modulation method.

Specifically, in order for the eNB to change the phase of the modulationsymbol of the second signal modulated by the second modulation method,the eNB may set a phase value corresponding to the second modulationmethod as a fixed value in a resource in which data symbol mappingstarts and may increase the set phase value by a specific phase valueevery resource from a resource subsequent to the resource in which thedata symbol mapping starts.

The specific phase value may be a fixed value or changed value.

In this case, if the specific phase value is a changed value, thespecific phase value may be set based on at least one of the ID of thesecond UE and a subframe number in which the second signal is received.

The specific value may be a value

${\frac{46}{180}\pi},$for example.

Furthermore, in order for the eNB to change the power size of themodulation symbol of the second signal modulated by the secondmodulation method, the eNB may set the value of a power sizecorresponding to the second transmission power as a fixed value in aresource in which data symbol mapping starts and may change the size ofthe transmission power based on transmission power in a previousresource or a specific function from a resource subsequent to theresource in which the data symbol mapping starts.

General Device to which the Present Invention May be Applied

FIG. 14 illustrates a block configuration diagram of a wirelesscommunication device to which the methods proposed by this specificationmay be applied.

Referring to FIG. 14, the wireless communication system includes an eNB1410 and a plurality of UEs 1420 located within the area of the eNB1410. In this case, the UE 1420 may correspond to the aforementionedterminal, node, device, RRH, relay, TP/RP or RSU.

The eNB 1410 includes a processor 1411, memory 1412 and a radiofrequency (RF) unit 1413. The processor 1411 implements the functions,processes and/or methods proposed in FIGS. 1 to 13. The layers of aradio interface protocol may be implemented by the processor 1411. Thememory 1412 is connected to the processor 1411 and stores a variety oftypes of information for driving the processor 1411. The RF unit 1413 isconnected to the processor 1411 and transmits and/or receives a radiosignal.

The UE 1420 includes a processor 1421, memory 1422 and an RF unit 1423.The processor 1421 implements the functions, processes and/or methodsproposed in FIGS. 1 to 13. The layers of a radio interface protocol maybe implemented by the processor 1421. The memory 1422 is connected tothe processor 1421 and stores a variety of types of information fordriving the processor 1421. The RF unit 1423 is connected to theprocessor 1421 and transmits and/or receives a radio signal.

The memory 1412, 1422 may be located inside or outside the processor1411, 1421 and may be connected to the processor 1411, 1421 by means ofwell-known various means. Furthermore, the eNB 1410 and/or the UE 1420may have a single antenna or multiple antenna.

In the aforementioned embodiments, the elements and characteristics ofthe present invention have been combined in specific forms. Each of theelements or characteristics should be considered to be optional unlessotherwise described explicitly. Each of the elements or characteristicsmay be implemented without being combined with other elements orcharacteristics. Furthermore, some of the elements and/or thecharacteristics may be combined to form an embodiment of the presentinvention. The sequence of the operations described in connection withthe embodiments of the present invention may be changed. Some ofelements or characteristics in an embodiment may be included in anotherembodiment or may be replaced with corresponding elements orcharacteristics in another embodiment. It is evident that in the claims,claims not having an explicit citation relation may be combined to formone or more embodiments or may be included as one or more new claims byamendments after filing an application.

An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by variousmeans, for example, hardware, firmware, software or a combination ofthem. In the case of implementations by hardware, an embodiment of thepresent invention may be implemented using one or moreapplication-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs),programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers and/ormicroprocessors.

In the case of an implementation by firmware or software, an embodimentof the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module,procedure, or function for performing the aforementioned functions oroperations. Software code may be stored in memory and driven by aprocessor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor,and may exchange data with the processor through a variety of knownmeans.

It is evident to those skilled in the art that the present invention maybe materialized in other specific forms without departing from thespirit and essential characteristics of the present invention.Accordingly, the detailed description should not be construed as beinglimited from all aspects, but should be considered to be illustrative.The range of right of the present invention should be determined byreasonable analysis of the attached claims, and all changes within theequivalent scope of the present invention are included in the range ofright of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

In the wireless communication system of the present invention, thescheme for transmitting/receiving data has been illustrated as beingapplied to the 3GPP LTE/LTE-A systems, but may be applied to variouswireless communication systems in addition to the 3GPP LTE/LTE-A system.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for transmitting and receiving, byan evolved NodeB (eNB), a data using non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:configuring a first modulation method and a first transmission power ina first signal to be transmitted to a first user equipment (UE);configuring a second modulation method and a second transmission powerin a second signal to be transmitted to a second UE; changing a phase ofa modulation symbol of the second signal modulated by the secondmodulation method; transmitting, to the second UE, control informationrelated to a cancellation of interference generated due to the firstsignal, wherein the control information comprises phase information forthe changed phase of the modulation symbol of the second signal; andtransmitting the first signal and the second signal on an identicaltime-frequency resource, wherein the control information is transmittedif the first transmission power and the second transmission power areidentical or a difference between the first transmission power and thesecond transmission power is within a range of a specific value, whereinthe changing further comprises: setting a phase value corresponding tothe second modulation method as a fixed value in a resource for which adata symbol mapping starts; and increasing the set phase value by aspecific phase value for every resource from a resource after theresource for which the data symbol mapping starts, and wherein thespecific phase value is $\frac{46}{180}{\pi.}$
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein a unit of the identical time-frequency resource is a resourceelement (RE), a resource block (RB), a resource block group (RBG) or asubband.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific phase value is afixed value or changed value.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein when thespecific phase value is a changed value, the specific phase value is setbased on at least one of an ID of the second UE or a subframe number inwhich the second signal is received.
 5. The method of claim 1, whereinthe control information is transmitted through a higher layer signalingor a physical downlink channel.
 6. An evolved NodeB (eNB) fortransmitting and receiving a data using non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) in a wireless communication system, the eNB comprising: atransmitter configured to transmit a radio signal; a receiver configuredto receive the radio signal; and a processor configured to control thetransmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor: configures a firstmodulation method and a first transmission power in a first signal to betransmitted to a first user equipment (UE); configures a secondmodulation method and a second transmission power in a second signal tobe transmitted to a second UE; changes a phase of a modulation symbol ofthe second signal modulated by the second modulation method; transmits,to the second UE, control information related to a cancellation ofinterference generated due to the first signal, wherein the controlinformation comprises phase information for the changed phase of themodulation symbol of the second signal; and transmits the first signaland the second signal on an identical time-frequency resource, whereinthe control information is transmitted if the first transmission powerand the second transmission power are identical or a difference betweenthe first transmission power and the second transmission power is withina range of a specific value, wherein the controller changes the phase ofthe modulation symbol of the second signal by: setting a phase valuecorresponding to the second modulation method as a fixed value in aresource for which a data symbol mapping starts; and increasing the setphase value by a specific phase value for every resource from a resourceafter the resource for which the data symbol mapping starts, and whereinthe specific phase value is $\frac{46}{180}{\pi.}$